Faculty invited to apply for Assistant Course Director position

The Stritch School of Medicine Central Curricular Authority (CCA) is seeking applications from faculty members interested in serving as the Assistant Director for Health System Science Course. The Assistant Course Director will be responsible for continued development of the course and its assessments, in collaboration with the Health Systems Science Course Director.

The Health Systems Science Course, which will have components in years one to three of the medical school curriculum, will encompasses the following Competency Domains:

  1. Population Health
  2. Health Care Delivery
  3. Value-based Care
  4. Using Information Effectively (Clinical Informatics/Health IT/Evidence Based Medicine)
  5. Health Systems Improvement
  6. Policy and Payment

The curriculum emphasizes recorded lectures to deliver fundamental content with planned development of small group case-based and problem-based learning to understand application of concepts. We would like to expand the inter-professional nature of the curricular delivery, and the director/assistant director will be responsible for identifying and actively recruiting faculty for the course.

Faculty with interest in curriculum development in the outlined competency domains are encourage to apply by submitting a) their curriculum vitae and b) a statement outlining their qualifications for serving as assistant director, vision for the health systems science curriculum, and interest in undergraduate medical education.

Review the general responsibilities of the Assistant Course Director 

Application materials are requested by May 21, 2021 via email to Theresa Kristopaitis, MD, CCA chair